I am a professional that commands respect in my office. I will not sacrifice my good standing and reputation by wearing headphones during the day.
Seriously Trader_Jorge, just confront her. I'm sure she'll be slightly embarassed by the situation, but will be more than happy to comply if you're polite and sincere in your request. After all, it is a professional work environment.
What doesn't annoy you? I was going to to be nice and offer you some interpersonal advice, but I decided not to. Maybe you should take this situation over to oxygen.com and ask for advice there.
Yikes....another gripe I have. People in cubicles feel because they have headphones on playing music that they can turn it up as loud as possible and not bother anyone. WRONG!!!! Cheap headphones easily leak sound and music to unsuspecting by-standers in cubicles all around them. One time this guy had his headphones on cranked up really loud and he forgot to turn down his PC internal speaker sound. So, he was blaring sound all over the place. I was amused so I let it go on a good 10 minutes before I went over and told him. He must have pissed off our whole section that time. In summary, headphones are fine if you keep the volume at acceptable levels or have nice headphones that keep the sound in your ear and not leaking out in all directions. This guy next to me plays stuff like Metallica and Korn. Then, his musical taste turns to some country song like this one where I always have to laugh. It goes something like, "Rocky top, Tennessee. Home sweet home to me. Good ole Rocky top...Rocky top Tennessee". ARGH!!!! That has to be the lamest song on the planet. He plays that really loud and I just cringe the whole time. I'm embarrassed for him. Another song he likes is "Gloria... Gloria...I think I got your number....Gloria..." . LOL! He obviously is not a true rocker....not by rocker standards, anyway. Surf
Milton: Well...I...I told Bill that if Sandra's going to listen to her headphones while she's filing, then I should be able to listen to my radio while I'm collating.... Peter: Uh huh.. Milton: So I don't see why I should..... Peter: OK. Milton: have to turn down the radio... Peter: Yeah, alright. Milton: I enjoy listening to my radio at a reasonable volume... Peter: Thanks.....Milton....
Call John Ashcroft. Tell him that the lady is an Al Qaeda operative who is directing terrorist's actions via coded messages transmitted by chewing gum noise.
Dude, What are you a wuss? Just walk up to her and politely ask her not to smack her gum, she probably doesn't even know she is doing it. Backbone....paging Mr. Backbone.......you are needed at Trader Jorge's office. DD
It's easy to not be a wuss when you can fire anybody in the office that you want, DaDakota! Here's what I think the situation is: This chick has a boss that she is putting in a lot of "overtime" with, which is the only reason she has a job. This boss is probably Trader_Jorge's boss too, so if he confronts her, she'll just tell her boss and get him fired... Dude, the only way you can get this to stop is to get some pics of her with her boss slammin' down on his desk and get them to his wife, thus getting her fired....
Well... I... I told Bill that if Sandra's going to listen to her headphones while she's filing, then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating. - Uh huh. So I don't see why I should ... - OK. ... have to turn down the radio. - Yeah, alright. I enjoy listening to my radio at a reasonable volume. - Thanks... Milton.
